Use the "clear" button @ the gas pump - General Forum

I received a forward stating that if you use a credit/debit card to purchase gas at the pump, you should push the "clear" button after your transaction is complete. If you don't push the "clear" button after your transaction is complete, your information will be stored until the next person swipes their card. This means someone could easily steal your credit/debit card information. Simply push the "clear" button after the transaction is complete i.e. after your receipt prints out. It's as simple as that and could help you avoid costly credit/debit card fraud.

Interesting link Brandon. I'm not sure if I fully believe it though. When I push the "clear" button at the Citgo I always go to... it does something different then if you just wait for your receipt to print. To each their own though. It's not like pushing the "clear" button is going to hurt anything.

Interesting link Brandon. I'm not sure if I fully believe it though. When I push the "clear" button at the Citgo I always go to... it does something different then if you just wait for your receipt to print. To each their own though. It's not like pushing the "clear" button is going to hurt anything.

I'm not sure if its the same everywhere but when I've had to make two gas purchases in a row (car & lawn mower/ two cars at the station at once). the pumps deny the card on the second swipe and I have to go inside and have it swiped there.

Bolt the denial of the card on the 2nd use might be that if u have less than 75.00 on your debit(at my local stores) u do have to go inside.I am not sure if all the quote big name places use the same practice,and this might apply to credit cards as well.Or it could be to prevent someone with stolen card and they might(but not likely) check your id to varify you are the card holder(NEVER had this asked for).Very few stores check your card and ask for your drivers license to verify the two to assure against this.

I've seen that before... they use Snopes as a reference, so everyone keeps forwarding it, without ever checking to see that it's actually false.. and so the degeneration of email forwarding continues..

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